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Help with grade 8 math? ( percents decrese)?
how do you step by step answer this question? i dont get how to find the perfect decrese.
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in a sale, a blow dryer is marked down from $18.98 to $11.39.
a) What is the percent decrease?
b) Calculate the sale price including taxes.
TAXES = 13%
1 Answer
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
step 1: 18.98-11.39 = 7.59
step 2: 7.59/18.98 = 0.399
step 3: 0.399x100 = 39.9, round it off to 40%, which is the percent decrease
Sale price = 7.59 x .13 = .9867
7.59 + .9867 = 8.5767, round it off to $8.58
